GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 3: Western United States
New Mexico: NM-15

St. Paul Church
268 Crownpoint Drive
P.O. Box 268
Crownpoint, NM 87313

Phone: 505-786-5376

 

History: St. Paul Church, Crownpoint, Navajo Nation, New Mexico, has been a predominantly Native American (Navajo) parish in the Diocese of Gallup (Archives: Gallup, New Mexico).

1961-1975	Franciscans (St. John the Baptist Province) (Archives: Cincinnati, Ohio; archives bulk: St. Michaels, Arizona, and Tucson, Arizona) established and administered St. Paul Church (Navajo)
1976-1977	Dominicans (Most Holy Name of Jesus-Western Dominican Province) (Archives: Oakland, California) administered St. Paul’s
1978-1979	Gallup diocesan priests administered St. Paul’s
1979-1980	Jesuits (California Province) (Archives: St. Louis, Missouri) administered St. Paul’s
1980-present	Gallup diocesan priests and Sisters, Adorers of the Blood of Christ (Archives: St. Louis, Missouri) have shared administration of St. Paul’s

Various priests at St. Paul’s have attended to the following Native American (Navajo) missions in the Gallup Diocese, New Mexico:

1962-1975, 1981-1998 (closed)	San Ignacio Mission, Star Lake
1970-1974 (became a parish)	St. Bonaventure Mission and School, Thoreau
1999-present	Risen Savior Mission, Bluewater

 

Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:

Inclusive dates: 1897-present, bulk 1897-1929

Volume: At least 6 cubic feet 

Description: The records at St. Paul Church were not arranged according to a classification scheme when reviewed by a Marquette University archivist, 2006. Consequently, the description is by record type. 

 

/1 Sacramental Records

Inclusive dates: 1897-ongoing 

Volume: At least 7 volumes 

Description: Records (e.g. baptisms, marriages, burials) for Native American parishioners of St. Bonaventure/ St. Valerian Mission, St. Paul Mission, and San Diego Mission, Jemez Pueblo.

A. Combined registers: St. Bonaventure/ St. Valerian Mission, St. Paul Mission, and San Diego Mission, Jemez Pueblo, 1897-ongoing, 3 volumes

1. Baptisms, 1897-1935, re: St. Bonaventure/ St. Valerian Mission with appended copies (typed) from San Diego Mission, Jemez Pueblo, 1898-1929

2. First communions, 1945-1963, re: St. Bonaventure/ St. Valerian Mission

3. Confirmations, 1938-1979, re: St. Bonaventure/ St. Valerian Mission and St. Paul Mission

4. Marriages, 1939-2002, re: St. Bonaventure/ St. Valerian Mission?

5. Burials, 1943-2001, re: St. Bonaventure/ St. Valerian Mission and St. Paul Mission; 1 volume

B. Baptismal Registers, 1938-1985, re: St. Bonaventure/ St. Valerian Mission and St. Paul Mission; 1 volume

C. First Communion Registers with appended baptisms and confirmations, 1964-ongoing

1. St. Paul Mission with a few St. Bonaventure Mission, 1 volume

2. St. Paul Mission, 1975-ongoing, 2 volumes

a. Baptisms, 1985-ongoing

b. Confirmations, 1975-ongoing

3. St. Bonaventure Mission, 1970-ongoing, 2 volumes

a. Baptisms, 1970-ongoing

b. Confirmations, 1970-ongoing

 

/2 Various Records

Inclusive dates: 1897-ongoing; bulk 1897-1929

Volume: Ca. 5.5 cubic feet

Description: Bulletins, clippings and scrapbooks, photographs and albums, plus financial records. 

 

Unless otherwise noted, the repository on this page holds (or held) the records described here and they are not held at the Marquette University Archives.

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